Cần Đước - Cái Bè - Mỹ Tho - Sa Đéc : Bassac

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Program of the journey: Cần Đước - Cái Bè - Mỹ Tho - Sa Đéc

[image] Cần Đước - Cái Bè - Mỹ Tho - Sa Đéc

Cần Đước, on the first day at noon

Boarding at noon in Can Duoc. Welcome drink, introduction to the ship and crew, check into the cabins.
Depature towards My Tho. Lunch is served as the Bassac is on its way.
The Bassac makes its way through the Cho Gao canal, as you enjoy the scenery from the upper deck.
Rendez-vous with a local boat for a visit of the Ben Tre islands: rowing through the arroyos shaded with water coconut trees, on a horsecart through to a honey farm where you will taste the local production.
Boarding back by dusk, welcome drink, then departure towards Cai Be.
Dinner is served en route.
The Bassac drops anchor for the night.

Day 2

Breakfast is available from 6:30 in the morning.
The Bassac gets under way to soon arrive in Cai Be.
Arrival near Cai Be, transfer to a rowing boat for a quiet visit through a small canal.
Rendez-vous with a local boat, which will take you to shore for a visit of Cai Be's handicraft.
boarding back at noon, with a welcome-back drink.
Lunch on board as the Bassac is en route towards Binh Hoa Phuoc Island.
Rendez-vous with a local boat to visit an old colonial house and an orchard garden on the Island.
Boarding back before dusk. Refreshment drink then departure towards My Tho.
Dinner is served en route.
The upper deck welcomes you for a cool evening, why not with a drink.
The Bassac drops anchor for the night in front of the Ben Tre islands.

Day 3

Breakfast is available from 6:30 in the morning.
Mid-morning, transfer to a local boat for an extensive visit of the Ben Tre islands: rowing through the arroyos shaded with water coconut trees, on a horsecart through to a honey farm where you will taste the local production, especially honey tea.
Arrival at Mỹ Tho late morning.
Boarding back at noon, refreshement as a welcome back.
Departure from My Tho to Cai Be then to Binh Hoa Phuocc Island while lunch is served on board.
Transfer onto a local boat for a visit of the gardens and orchards on the bank of the peninsula.
Back on board, a refreshment awaits you.
Dinner is served as the Bassac gets under way towards the My Thuan bridge then drops anchor for the night.

Day 4

Breakfast is available from 6:30.
The Bassac gets under way for a short run towards Sa Dec.
Check-out and transfer for a visit of the town of Sa Dec, following the tracks of French novelist Marguerite Duras.
Disembarkment at Sa Dec.

End of services by mid-morning on shore at Sa Đéc.

Please note you will leave the Bassac for good upon boarding the small boat for the last visit, typically about 8:30.
The details of the program and the visits may vary depending on logistics or technical constraints.

Site map & Footnotes

The cruise typically starts at noon on the first day and ends by mid-morning on the last day. ↩

Cần Đước - Cái Bè - Mỹ Tho - Sa Đéc